diff --git a/.changeset/harden-avatar-selection.md b/.changeset/harden-avatar-selection.md
deleted file mode 100644
index c5cae8d..0000000
--- a/.changeset/harden-avatar-selection.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-"posecode-parser": minor
-"posecode-render": minor
-"posecode-embed": minor
----
-
-Add an optional avatar selector separate from humanoid rig topology, safely hot-swap document-selected characters with procedural fallback, and add hosted avatar defaults.
-
-Keep the renderer peer range compatible with the parser's additive language/IR update.
diff --git a/packages/posecode-embed/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/posecode-embed/CHANGELOG.md
index 60e4e9b..2656c7f 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-embed/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/posecode-embed/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # posecode-embed
 
+## 0.5.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- 591dfec: Add an optional avatar selector separate from humanoid rig topology, safely hot-swap document-selected characters with procedural fallback, and add hosted avatar defaults.
+
+  Keep the renderer peer range compatible with the parser's additive language/IR update.
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- Updated dependencies [591dfec]
+  - posecode-parser@0.5.0
+  - posecode-render@0.5.0
+  - posecode-share@0.5.0
+
 ## 0.4.3
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/packages/posecode-embed/package.json b/packages/posecode-embed/package.json
index 56b0c96..e73921d 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-embed/package.json
+++ b/packages/posecode-embed/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "posecode-embed",
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "Embed a live 3D Posecode movement anywhere with one <script> tag — the <posecode-player> web component.",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "type": "module",
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
     "three.js"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "posecode-parser": "0.4.3",
-    "posecode-render": "0.4.3",
-    "posecode-share": "0.4.3"
+    "posecode-parser": "0.5.0",
+    "posecode-render": "0.5.0",
+    "posecode-share": "0.5.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "esbuild": "^0.28.2"
diff --git a/packages/posecode-embed/src/compat.ts b/packages/posecode-embed/src/compat.ts
index dcaf4d0..f75d91f 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-embed/src/compat.ts
+++ b/packages/posecode-embed/src/compat.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { parse, POSECODE_VERSION } from "posecode-parser";
 import type { ParseResult } from "posecode-parser";
 
 /** Version of the posecode-embed package/bundle. */
-export const version = "0.4.3";
+export const version = "0.5.0";
 
 /** Version of the Posecode language understood by this bundle. */
 export const languageVersion = POSECODE_VERSION;
diff --git a/packages/posecode-eval/package.json b/packages/posecode-eval/package.json
index e880b2b..bd6290f 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-eval/package.json
+++ b/packages/posecode-eval/package.json
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
     ".": "./src/index.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "posecode-parser": "0.4.3",
-    "posecode-render": "0.4.3",
+    "posecode-parser": "0.5.0",
+    "posecode-render": "0.5.0",
     "three": "^0.185.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/posecode-language/package.json b/packages/posecode-language/package.json
index 522fb54..8255a6e 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-language/package.json
+++ b/packages/posecode-language/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
     ".": "./src/index.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "posecode-parser": "0.4.3"
+    "posecode-parser": "0.5.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/posecode-mcp/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/posecode-mcp/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d836ed..ce1e82f 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-mcp/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/posecode-mcp/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # posecode-mcp
 
+## 0.5.0
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- Updated dependencies [591dfec]
+  - posecode-parser@0.5.0
+  - posecode-share@0.5.0
+
 ## 0.4.3
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/packages/posecode-mcp/package.json b/packages/posecode-mcp/package.json
index 548e31e..4f01780 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-mcp/package.json
+++ b/packages/posecode-mcp/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "posecode-mcp",
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "Model Context Protocol server for Posecode: let any LLM agent validate, ROM-check, and get a render link for a .posecode movement, natively.",
   "mcpName": "io.github.posecode-dev/posecode-mcp",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.30.0",
-    "posecode-parser": "0.4.3",
-    "posecode-share": "0.4.3",
+    "posecode-parser": "0.5.0",
+    "posecode-share": "0.5.0",
     "zod": "^4.4.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/posecode-mcp/server.json b/packages/posecode-mcp/server.json
index 326ed51..1971ac5 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-mcp/server.json
+++ b/packages/posecode-mcp/server.json
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/posecode-dev/posecode",
     "source": "github"
   },
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "packages": [
     {
       "registryType": "npm",
       "identifier": "posecode-mcp",
-      "version": "0.4.3",
+      "version": "0.5.0",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"
       },
diff --git a/packages/posecode-mcp/src/server.ts b/packages/posecode-mcp/src/server.ts
index b738138..f5f9190 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-mcp/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/posecode-mcp/src/server.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export interface PosecodeServerOptions {
 }
 
 /** Package/server identity kept in sync by `version-packages`. */
-export const POSECODE_MCP_VERSION = "0.4.3";
+export const POSECODE_MCP_VERSION = "0.5.0";
 
 export function createPosecodeServer(opts: PosecodeServerOptions = {}): McpServer {
   const baseUrl = opts.baseUrl ?? DEFAULT_BASE_URL;
diff --git a/packages/posecode-parser/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/posecode-parser/CHANGELOG.md
index 56b47db..3ec1b1e 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-parser/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/posecode-parser/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # posecode-parser
 
+## 0.5.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- 591dfec: Add an optional avatar selector separate from humanoid rig topology, safely hot-swap document-selected characters with procedural fallback, and add hosted avatar defaults.
+
+  Keep the renderer peer range compatible with the parser's additive language/IR update.
+
 ## 0.4.3
 
 ## 0.4.2
diff --git a/packages/posecode-parser/package.json b/packages/posecode-parser/package.json
index f81e76d..23f4e8f 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-parser/package.json
+++ b/packages/posecode-parser/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "posecode-parser",
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "Parse the .posecode kinematic motion DSL into a validated, ROM-clamped intermediate representation.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/packages/posecode-render/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/posecode-render/CHANGELOG.md
index bbee78e..7d561ae 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-render/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/posecode-render/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # posecode-render
 
+## 0.5.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- 591dfec: Add an optional avatar selector separate from humanoid rig topology, safely hot-swap document-selected characters with procedural fallback, and add hosted avatar defaults.
+
+  Keep the renderer peer range compatible with the parser's additive language/IR update.
+
 ## 0.4.3
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/packages/posecode-render/package.json b/packages/posecode-render/package.json
index 71b28e0..dae7060 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-render/package.json
+++ b/packages/posecode-render/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "posecode-render",
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "Render a Posecode IR as an animated 3D human figure (skinned character or procedural mannequin) with Three.js.",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/packages/posecode-share/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/posecode-share/CHANGELOG.md
index 4679536..1db0f6d 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-share/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/posecode-share/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # posecode-share
 
+## 0.5.0
+
 ## 0.4.3
 
 ## 0.4.2
diff --git a/packages/posecode-share/package.json b/packages/posecode-share/package.json
index c073654..ccd13ff 100644
--- a/packages/posecode-share/package.json
+++ b/packages/posecode-share/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "posecode-share",
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "Encode/decode .posecode documents to URL-safe share tokens — the distribution primitive for Posecode permalinks and embeds.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/playground/package.json b/playground/package.json
index a01fb9c..df018d5 100644
--- a/playground/package.json
+++ b/playground/package.json
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
     "@lezer/highlight": "^1.2.1",
     "@vercel/analytics": "^2.0.1",
     "posecode-language": "0.2.2",
-    "posecode-parser": "0.4.3",
-    "posecode-render": "0.4.3",
-    "posecode-share": "0.4.3",
+    "posecode-parser": "0.5.0",
+    "posecode-render": "0.5.0",
+    "posecode-share": "0.5.0",
     "three": "^0.185.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {